Entry Word: escape

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement <a daring prison escape>

Synonyms flight, getaway, lam, slip

Related Words deliverance, liberation, redemption, release, rescue, salvation

Near Antonyms imprisonment, incarceration; custody, detention, hold, holding, retention; danger, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk

2 the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable <the reading of science fiction novels as an escape from boring reality>

Synonyms avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Related Words bypassing, circumvention; averting, deflection, prevention

Near Antonyms abidance, endurance, submission, toleration